day 3 of 7 day/eat your heart out/satan diet

I have a serious question...Why would you want to lose WATER weight!?

Because scale is lord

Luckily, she'll probably lose some muscle too.

In all seriousness, OP, please read my friend Trog's great post:

1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable.
2. Make sure you eat enough.
3. Figure out what works for you and is sustainable/healthy/long term.
4. avoid fads. don't buy in to any "Hey, try the twinkie and vodka diet"
5. Don't cut out anything now that you don't plan on literally giving up forever.
6. GET A FOOD SCALE. Weigh everything. No, seriously.
7. Get an HRM with a chest strap. You'll at least have a better idea of what you're burning. It'll be more accurate than the generic info in the exercise database.. and even more than the cardio machines. This is great for steady state cardio (run/walk/etc)
8. Don't go balls out. You'll burn out. I see 300 lb people show up here, instantly start working out and cutting their intake SEVERELY... trying to cut out all of their carbs at once.. whatever. Take it slow. Figure out how much you need to eat FIRST in order to lose.. then incorporate exercise.
9. Don't cardio yourself to death.
10. Take the information on the forums with a grain of salt. A lot of people that have been here for a while.. and have been successful, may seem jaded. They give out GREAT advice day after day, only to be met with people that refuse to listen.
11. Eat real food. Not diet food. Not "low fat, sugar free, now without X." It's easier to get/find/count.
12. don't set time restrictions.
13. measure yourself weekly. Don't just weigh. Measure and take pictures.
14 BE PATIENT.
15. Avoid forum topics that have "1200" in the title. It's just full of butthurt. Lots of it.
16. If you ask a question on the forum, give as much information as you can ("yes, I have a food scale and weigh my food" is worlds better than "I eat a palm full of miscellaneous boiled chicken parts..sometimes.")
17. Be honest with yourself and honest with us.
18. This isn't a game, it's about changing your lifestyle. Do that.

pretty much that.

...and don't fall into the "1200 calorie" vertigo of suck because of:

the typical MFP users does this:
1. I wanna lose weight, let's try MFP.
2. OH! Wow, it tells me I can lose 2 lbs a WEEK? AWESOME!
3. I just sit at a desk when I'm not working out, I guess I'm sedentary.
4. MFP tells them 1200 calories, and they don't even eat that.. then they work out on top of it.. creating an even bigger deficit.
5. Lose a lot, fast, brag about 1200 calorie success.
6. Come back in a few months trying to figure out why they're dizzy, tired, not losing weight.
7. Get on the forums, ask why they aren't losing.
8. Get two responses (I eat 1200 and lose) (I eat 2200 and lose)
9. Argument ensues about who is right.

Now. That being said. These threads happen hundreds of times per day. Most times, and I mean really.. seriously.. 95% of the time.. people get the 1200 number because they don't put the right information in when they set up the account. There are a great number of people that are trying to help. I'm one of 'em.

I'm a hardcore advocate of actually finding out what works for the individual.. by means of other calculators, averages, time, practice, and patience.

Blanket prescriptions of 1200 calories "because it worked for me" is more harmful to the generic new user than the "figure out what you need to eat." Unfortunately, one is a LOT easier to type.

Find out what you need: http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

and make sure to read: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Seriously.

I was really hoping for something more out of this diet name then just another apparent variation of a fruit/veggie cleanse diet.

Oh well, IN for GIFS!

Satan only eats fruit and vegetables? I figured he was into meat

I am a close personal friend of Satan's & he only eats male humans

I totally believe this.

So do I

You only need 8 grams a protein a day!


But srs, OP. NO.

Can I have 10 grams if I burn have of them off in the hot tub?

That is an excellent way to build muscle.

You only need 8 grams a protein a day!


But srs, OP. NO.

Can I have 10 grams if I burn have of them off in the hot tub?

That is an excellent way to build muscle.

Can you please post a peer-reviewed study backing this up?

Everybody knows that the only way to build muscle is by using a mini-trampoline.

NO! Stop being such a bully. I don't even know why I post in these forums. All you ever do is personally attack me. Losers. You should really learn how to be nice like me. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

You only need 8 grams a protein a day!


But srs, OP. NO.

Can I have 10 grams if I burn have of them off in the hot tub?

That is an excellent way to build muscle.

Can you please post a peer-reviewed study backing this up?

Everybody knows that the only way to build muscle is by using a mini-trampoline.

NO! Stop being such a bully. I don't even know why I post in these forums. All you ever do is personally attack me. Losers. You should really learn how to be nice like me. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Don't let these forum get to you.

You only need 8 grams a protein a day!


But srs, OP. NO.

Can I have 10 grams if I burn have of them off in the hot tub?

That is an excellent way to build muscle.

Can you please post a peer-reviewed study backing this up?

Everybody knows that the only way to build muscle is by using a mini-trampoline.

NO! Stop being such a bully. I don't even know why I post in these forums. All you ever do is personally attack me. Losers. You should really learn how to be nice like me. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Not sure why I should even bother listening to you when my breasts are clearly fuller and firmer.

You only need 8 grams a protein a day!


But srs, OP. NO.

Can I have 10 grams if I burn have of them off in the hot tub?

That is an excellent way to build muscle.

Can you please post a peer-reviewed study backing this up?

Everybody knows that the only way to build muscle is by using a mini-trampoline.

NO! Stop being such a bully. I don't even know why I post in these forums. All you ever do is personally attack me. Losers. You should really learn how to be nice like me. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Don't let these forum get to you.

She is joking man, based on a post up yesterday that went way overboard.

Satan only eats fruit and vegetables? I figured he was into meat

Was thinking the same thing.

Then you haven't had brussel sprouts. Pretty sure God had nothing to do with those.

Satan only eats fruit and vegetables? I figured he was into meat

Was thinking the same thing.

Then you haven't had brussel sprouts. Pretty sure God had nothing to do with those.

Enough with the brussel sprout shaming! They are perfectly lovely when prepared properly.